Change the file format of saved screenshots on the Mac
When you take a screenshot on the Mac, the file that gets saved is in a PNG format. You can easily change the format of the saved screenshot to any number of other formats though, including PDF. To do it, open up a Terminal window (the terminal program can be found in the Applications/Utilities folder) and type the following:
where <format> is the format that you want to use for the saved files. Allowed values are: PDF, PNG, GIF, JPG, TIF, PICT, BMP, SGI, and TGA.
Once you make this change, you need to restart your machine for the change to take effect. But once you do that, all future screenshots will be saved using the file format of your choice.
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type <format>
where <format> is the format that you want to use for the saved files. Allowed values are: PDF, PNG, GIF, JPG, TIF, PICT, BMP, SGI, and TGA.
Once you make this change, you need to restart your machine for the change to take effect. But once you do that, all future screenshots will be saved using the file format of your choice.
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| Categories: | Mac OS X screenshots |
| Added: | on Aug 01, 2007 at 1:03 pm |
| Added By: | Marcos84 |
